Instant messaging private tags
Systems for instant messaging private tags preferably comprise a parser for parsing an instant message for sensitive data and an encryption engine for encrypting the sensitive data. A modified uuencoder is also preferably included for converting the encrypted sensitive data into a data stream that complies with an XML format. Other systems and methods are also provided.
1. A system for privatizing a message comprising:
a first parser for parsing the message for sensitive data; and
an encryption engine configured to encrypt the sensitive data, encode the encrypted data in a data stream having a particular format, and tag the encoded data stream within the message;
wherein tagging the encoded data stream includes generating private tags and inserting the private tags into the message to surround the encoded data stream, the private tags further comprising a name/value pair which identifies a decryption method to utilize in decrypting the sensitive data.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the private tags include a start tag and an end tag.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first parser identifies sensitive data using user defined rules.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first parser identifies sensitive data using user entered identifiers in the message.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensitive data comprises one of numbers, hyphens, @ symbol, or other specialized character.
6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a second parser for parsing a received data stream and identifying the private tags.
7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:
a decryption engine configured to decrypt encrypted data identified by the private tags.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the decryption engine is further configured to determine if a valid key exists to decode the sensitive data.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the decryption engine is further configured to decode the sensitive data using the valid key.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensitive data is configured as a space-letter sequence.
11. A method for privatizing a message comprising:
parsing the message for sensitive data;
encrypting the sensitive data into a data stream having a particular format;
tagging the encoded data stream within the message including generating private tags and inserting the private tags into the message to surround the encoded data stream:
parsing a received data stream and identifying the private tags; and
determining a name/value pair in the private tag, the name/value pair identifying a decryption method to utilize in decrypting the sensitive data.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the private tags include a start tag and an end tag.
13. The method claim 11 , further comprising:
transmitting the message containing the encrypted sensitive data surrounded by the private tags to a recipient.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining if a valid key exists to decode the sensitive data.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein parsing the message for sensitive data comprises identifying sensitive data using user defined rules.